Michael J. Glennon

Professor of International Law

Biography

Michael J. Glennon is Professor of International Law. Prior to going into teaching, he was Legal Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1977-1980). He has since been a Fulbright Distinguished Professor of International and Constitutional Law, Vytautus Magnus University School of Law, Kaunas, Lithuania (1998); a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (2001-2002); Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Scholar at the United States Military Academy, West Point (2005); Director of Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law (2006); and professeur invité at the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) from 2006 to 2012. Professor Glennon has served as a consultant to various congressional committees, the U.S. State Department, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is a member of the American Law Institute, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. Professor Glennon is the author of numerous articles on constitutional and international law as well as several books. He has testified before the International Court of Justice and congressional committees. A frequent commentator on public affairs, he has spoken widely within the United States and abroad and appeared on Nightline, the Today Show, NPR’s All Things Considered and other national news programs. His op-ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald-Tribune, Financial Times, and Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung. His most recent book is National Security and Double Government, published by the Oxford University Press in September, 2014.

BOOK CHAPTERS• “Cyberconflict and the Incompleteness of International Law,” Essays in Honor of Serge Sur (Julian Fernandez and Nicolas Haupais, editors)(2014).• “The Crime of Aggression” in Commentaire du Statut De Rome De La Cour Pénale Internationale, Julian Fernandez & Xavier Pacreau, eds. (Pedone, Paris)(2012).• “The Limitations of Traditional Rules and Institutions Relating to the Use of Force,” in Handbook of International Law (Marc Weller, ed., Oxford University Press)(in press).• “Peremptory Nonsense” in Liber Amircorum, Luzius Wildhaber: Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (2007).• “Un Combat Sui Generis” and “Droit, Légitimaté, et Intervention Militaire” in Justifier La Guerre? (Gilles Andréani & Pierre Hassner, eds., Sciences Po les presses: 2005).• “The United States: Democracy, Hegemony, and Accountability” in Democratic Accountability and The Use of Force in International Law (C. Ku & H. Jacobson, eds.)(Cambridge University Press, 2003).• “The Electoral College,” Encarta (Microsoft Encyclopedia, 2003).• “Louis Fisher and Diplomacy: Foreign Affairs and Coordinate Review,” in Politics and Constitutionalism: The Louis Fisher Connection, (R. Spitzer, ed.)(SUNY Press, 2000).• “Separation of Powers” in Supplement II of The Encyclopedia of The American Constitution (L. Levy, K. Karst, and A. Winkler, eds.)(Macmillan, 1999).• “The United States: Taking Environmental Treaties Seriously” in Engaging Countries: Strengthening Compliance With International Environmental Accords (with A. Stewart; H. Jacobson & E. Brown Weiss, eds.)(MIT Press, December, 1998).• “The Senate and Foreign Policy,” in The Encyclopedia of The American Constitution (Macmillan: 1993).• “The War Powers Resolution,” in The Oxford Companion to The Politics of The World (1993).• “The NATO Treaty”; “Little v. Barreme”; “The ANZUS Treaty”; “The Rio Treaty”; “Mutual Security Treaties”; and “The SEATO Treaty” in An Encyclopedia of The American Presidency (1992).• “Douglas as Internationalist: Separation of Powers and the Conduct of Foreign Relations,” delivered at the William O. Douglas Commemorative Symposium, 1939-1989, Saturday, April 15, 1989, Seattle, Washington; published in He Shall Not Pass This Way Again: The Legacy of William O. Douglas (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990).• “Two Views of Presidential Foreign Affairs Power: Little v. Barreme or United States v. Curtiss-Wright?,” 13 Yale International Law Journal 5 (1988).• “Constitutional Issues in Terminating U.S. Acceptance,” in The International Court of Justice at a Crossroads (L. Damrosch, ed.; Transnational Publishers, Inc., 1987).• “Investigating the Intelligence Community: The Process of Getting Information for Congress,” in The Tethered Presidency 140 (T. Franck, ed.; NYU Press, 1981).• “Administrative Law,” in I The Encyclopedia of The American Judicial System 233, Macmillan Publishing Company (1987).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS• Interview, WUNR “This Is Hell,” March 22, 2014.• “Balancing the Risks, Benefits and the Economic, Political and Moral Costs of a Modern National Security State,” Symposium Sponsored By Loyola University Chicago School of Law National Security & Civil Rights Program, Chicago, Illinois, February 7, 2014.• “Educating the next generation of national security decision makers,” American Bar Association, Syracuse University Law School, September 15, 2012.• “Cyberwar and International Law: The Road Ahead,” symposium of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, June 27, 2012.• “Weaknesses of the International Legal System,” International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences, Siracusa, Italy, May 25, 2012.• “The Cyber-Drone Attack on Law,” Keynote Address, The World Affairs Council of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, March 1, 2012.• “International authorization and Domestic War Powers,” Columbia Law School, New York City, January 31, 2012.• “The Nicaragua Case 25 Years Later: Its Impact on the Law and Court,” The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands, June 27, 2011.• “With Libya, the Security Council Is Not Congress,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 6, 2011.• Keynote Address, “Law, Libya, and Credibility,” Fletcher/World Economic Forum Symposium on International Law, Medford, MA, April 29, 2011.• “Pragmatism and International Law,” George Washington Law School, Washington, DC, March 9, 2011.• “Terrorism and the Use of Force,” Duke Law School, Durham, NC, April 16, 2010.• “The United States, the Rule of Law and the Use of Force: The Practice of States since the Adoption of the UN Charter,” Council on Foreign Relations, New York, December 16, 2009. • “Torture, Terrorism, and Ticking Time Bombs,” address to the American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, Sept. 30, 2008.• “The United States and the International Criminal Court,” Harvard Weatherhead Center conference, “World Order as a U.S.-European Issue,” Talloires, France, June 13, 2008.• Testimony, “Negotiating a Long-Term Relationship with Iraq,” Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Washington, DC, April 10, 2008.• Testimony on Iraq before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 10, 2008," (2008);• Testimony, “War Powers in the 21st Century: The Constitutional Perspective,” Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, April 10, 2008.• Testimony, “U.S. Security Commitments to Iraq,” Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC February 8, 2008.• "Debate with Alain Pellet." Hague Academy of International Law, September 7, 2007. (2007)• “Force and the Settlement of Political Disputes” (debate with Alain Pellet), The Hague Colloquium on Topicality of the 1907 Hague Conference, September 7, 2007.• “Constitutionality of Congressional Efforts to End the War in Iraq,” Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris, March 20, 2007.• “Peremptory Nonsense,” Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris, March 24, 2006.• “International Rules and American Pragmatism,” Sciences Po, Paris, March 23, 2006.• “Legitimacy and the Use of Force: Discussion on the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, March 23, 2005.• “UN Reform and the Use of Force,” Georgetown University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2005.• "The Emerging Use-of-Force Paradigm," Utrecht University, December 15, 2005.• “International Legal Rules and Institutions: Why Do They Succeed or Fail?”, Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, DC, November 2, 2005.• “A Non-Withdrawable NPT?”, The Fletcher School, October 21, 2005.• “Intervention, Preemption and the UN Charter,” Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, India, June 22, 2004.• “Forging a Common Understanding: The United States and UN Reform,” conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council, Washington, DC, May 6, 2004.• “Preemption of Threats to Security,” International Conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute, United Nations Foundation and Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The United Nations and New Threats: Rethinking Security, Rome, May 28, 2004.• “The U.S. and Europe: Two Models for a New Political World Order,” debates with Prof. Herfried Münkler (Humboldt University, Berlin) at the Goethe Institut, New York (May 11, 2004) and Boston (May 13, 2004).• “Does International Law Matter?”, plenary session, American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, April 2, 2004.• “Glennon and His Critics,” panel discussion, International Studies Association, Montreal, March 19, 2004.• “The Coalition of the Willing: A (Mostly) Unilateral Exercise of Preventative Self-Defense,” New York University Law School, February 27, 2004.• Glennon, Michael J. "The Rise and Fall of the UN's Use of Force Rules," the Rudolf B. Schlesinger Lecture on International and Comparative Law, University of California, Hastings, College of Law, February 12, 2004 • “United Nations Reform: Challenges Ahead,” Council on Foreign Relations, New York, December 14, 2004.• “The Future of the United Nations,” National Defense University, Washington, DC, November 22, 2004.• “Triggers of War,” World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2004.• “Authority and Legitimacy in Use of Force,” Symposium on Moral Dilemmas of Military Intervention, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, January 16, 2004.• “The Future of International Law in Achieving Security,” George C. Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, September 26, 2003.• “Law, Intelligence and Security,” CIA Intelligence Fellows Program, Wye River, Maryland, August 7, 2003.• “Global Risks and Realities: The Role of the UN,” John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 3, 2003.• “The UN Security Council in a Unipolar World,” Fletcher Alumni Association, Medford, May 15, 2003; and Talloires, France, June 7, 2003.• “Preemption: The Policy Implications,” Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University, May 15, 2003.• “Self-defense in a Age of Terrorism,” American Society of International Law, Washington, DC, April 4, 2003.• Glennon, Michael J. "Why the Security Council Failed," Foreign Policy Roundtable, New York City, April 30, 2003.• “The Collapse of the UN Charter’s Use-of-Force Rules,” International Law Society, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 4, 2003.• “American Primacy,” Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, November 18, 2003.• “Using Military Force: Duties and Restraints,” Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City, November 14, 2003.• “The American Approach To Unilateralism and Multilateralism in International Law,” Institute for Legal Policy, University of Trier, Germany, October 9, 2003.• “Can the United Nations Survive?” World Policy Institute, New School, New York City, October 2, 2003.• “Who Can Order War?” American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, January 23, 2003.• Testimony, “Applying the War Powers Resolution to the War on Terrorism,” Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, April 17, 2002.• “Reflections on J. William Fulbright,” keynote address to incoming Fulbright scholars, Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, March 7, 2002.• “The Use of Force,” Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, February 5, 2002.• “The Detention of Guantanamo Prisoners and the Geneva Conventions,” George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, February 13, 2002.• Interview, “The Supreme Court and Presidential Powers,” C-SPAN Washington Journal, February 10, 2002.• “The Role of the United Nations in Maintaining International Peace and Security in the 21st Century,” American Branch, International Law Association, New York City, October 25, 2002.• “Balance and Limits in Post-September 11th America,” address to incoming Ron Brown Scholars, Wyndham City Hotel, Washington, DC, January 25, 2002.• “The United Nations Charter and the War Against Terrorism,” Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC, November 26, 2001.• "Terrorism and International Law," Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, November 15, 2001.• “The New Interventionism,” United Nations Association, Sacramento Chapter, Sacramento, February 28, 2000.• Interview, Nightline, ABC Television (electoral college and Supreme Court litigation), December 8, 2000.• Interview, The Washington Post: Live On-Line (the Electoral College), December 14, 2000.• Interview, All Things Considered, National Public Radio (deadline for selection of presidential electors), December 11, 2000.• Interview, The Today Show, NBC Television (conflicting slates of presidential electors), December 1, 2000.• “International Law, NATO, and Kosovo,” World Affairs Council panel discussion with Abraham Sofaer, San Francisco, July 27, 1999 (broadcast on KQED-FM August 8, 1999).• “A Neo-Interventionism in a New International Order?", Western European Union, Institute for Security Studies, Paris, June 29, 1999.• “No. 1 refusenik talks to UCD prof on human rights” [interview with Anatole Sharansky], 3 Dateline/UCD 1, Jan. 12, 1990.